Daily Archives: June 11, 2021
Perspective | Does vaccinating adults stop kids from spreading COVID too?
11 Jun, 2021 | 08:32h | UTCDoes vaccinating adults stop kids from spreading COVID too? – Nature
High COVID vaccine uptake may protect the unvaccinated.
11 Jun, 2021 | 08:34h | UTCHigh COVID vaccine uptake may protect the unvaccinated – CIDRAP
Original Study: Community-level evidence for SARS-CoV-2 vaccine protection of unvaccinated individuals – Nature Medicine
Commentaries on Twitter
Just published @NatureMedicine
Evidence that "vaccination not only protects individuals who have been vaccinated but also provides cross-protection to unvaccinated individuals in the community" as seen in kids benefiting from high % of adults vaxxedhttps://t.co/IPQo6WTFZX pic.twitter.com/jtfD93onnn— Eric Topol (@EricTopol) June 10, 2021
Nature Medicine: "On average, for each 20% increase in the number of vaccinated people in a given population, the number of positive SARS-CoV-2 tests in the unvaccinated population in the same community decreased approximately two fold." https://t.co/QhMqSbZDtc
— Niklas Fagerström (@niklasf) June 10, 2021
US donation of 500 million Pfizer vaccines could help ‘turn tide’ as Africa runs out of doses, says WHO.
11 Jun, 2021 | 08:31h | UTC
Opinion | The future of pandemic preparedness: agile coordination around clinical trials.
11 Jun, 2021 | 08:27h | UTCThe future of pandemic preparedness: agile coordination around clinical trials – STAT
Non-invasive oxygenation strategies for respiratory failure with COVID-19: A concise narrative review of literature in pre and mid-COVID-19 era.
11 Jun, 2021 | 08:25h | UTC
Naturally acquired SARS-CoV-2 immunity persists for up to 11 months following infection.
11 Jun, 2021 | 08:24h | UTC
CDC says heart inflammation cases were higher than expected in 16- to 24-year-olds after second Covid vaccine shot, but still rare.
11 Jun, 2021 | 08:28h | UTCSee also: CDC plans “emergency meeting” on rare heart inflammation following COVID-19 vaccines – CBC News
Related: Israel reports link between rare cases of heart inflammation and COVID-19 vaccination in young men.
Opinion | The Covid-19 Delta variant poses a threat to our return to ‘normal’.
11 Jun, 2021 | 08:23h | UTCThe Covid-19 Delta variant poses a threat to our return to ‘normal’ – CNN
Commentary on Twitter
In @CNNOpinion I offer thoughts on how the COVID Delta variant should cause the US to rethink national SARS-CoV-2 goal setting…as well as adjust other policy and communications strategies in response to the unique challenges posed by Delta. https://t.co/N4j5HdREnY @ASPPHtweets
— David R Holtgrave (@HoltgraveHealth) June 10, 2021
RCT: In patients with atrial fibrillation or mechanical heart valves treated with warfarin undergoing surgery, postoperative bridging treatment with low molecular weight heparin did not prevent major thromboembolism.
11 Jun, 2021 | 08:19h | UTC
Commentary on Twitter
P-E-R-S-E-V-E-R-A-N-C-E = 15 yrs from start to BMJ publication. Bottom line: in pts with atrial fibrillation or mechanical heart valves who had warfarin interrupted for a procedure, we found no benefit of
postop LMWH bridging to prevent major
thromboembolism @canvector @CIHR_ICRH https://t.co/9z0XTQgsbA— Susan R Kahn (@SusanRKahn1) June 10, 2021
WHO Report: Global antimicrobial resistance and use surveillance system.
11 Jun, 2021 | 08:22h | UTCNews Release: Record response to WHO’s call for antimicrobial resistance surveillance reports in 2020 – World Health Organization
Commentary: WHO reveals new global antibiotic resistance data, more concerns – CIDRAP
Commentary on Twitter (thread – click for more)
WHO received over 3⃣ million reports for the Global #AntimicrobialResistance and Use Surveillance System (GLASS)
The more information we have the better placed the ?
is to tackle this increasingly serious health threat.? https://t.co/ccZCzdyZUc
pic.twitter.com/DMuLwVu4rC— World Health Organization (WHO) (@WHO) June 9, 2021
M-A: Safety of thoracentesis and tube thoracostomy in patients with uncorrected coagulopathy.
11 Jun, 2021 | 08:15h | UTCCommentary: Is Thoracentesis Safe in Coagulopathic Patients? – JournalFeed
M-A: Mental health interventions may improve psychological outcomes in informal caregivers of critically ill patients.
11 Jun, 2021 | 08:14h | UTC
Commentary on Twitter
Do #mentalhealth interventions improve psychologic outcomes in #caregivers of #ICU patients?
We found better anxiety, depression, humanity, and transcendence, but worse burden, reported in our #systematicreview and #metaanalysis out now in @CritCareMed.https://t.co/obswPZtTMu pic.twitter.com/bO2298e5ue
— Stephana Julia Moss (@stephanajulia) April 12, 2021
Antiarrhythmic drugs for atrial fibrillation in the outpatient setting: common clinical scenarios and pearls for the primary care clinician.
11 Jun, 2021 | 08:16h | UTC
The furosemide stress test: current use and future potential.
11 Jun, 2021 | 08:12h | UTCThe furosemide stress test: current use and future potential – Renal Failure
Cohort study: the use of potentially inappropriate medications in adults with chronic kidney disease is common and linked to increased risk of hospitalization, mortality, and falls.
11 Jun, 2021 | 08:11h | UTCRisk of Potentially Inappropriate Medications in Adults With CKD: Findings From the Chronic Renal Insufficiency Cohort (CRIC) Study – American Journal of Kidney Diseases (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentary on Twitter
Risk of Potentially Inappropriate Medications in Adults With CKD: Findings From @CRICStudyhttps://t.co/1NgaqcJF5g@Rasheeda_HallMD @cjdiamantidis @sankarnava @finkjc @UMmedschool @DukeKidney #CKD #VisualAbstract pic.twitter.com/PLouT1SL9d
— AJKD (@AJKDonline) June 2, 2021